Manery v. Commonwealth

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

CHIEF JUSTICE MINTON

A circuit court jury convicted Ernest Lee Manery on multiple counts of first-degree rape, first-degree sexual abuse, and being a first-degree persistent felony offender (PFO), for which he was sentenced to prison for life without the possibility of parole for twenty-five years. Maneras leading argument in this matter-of-right appeal1 is that the trial court violated his constitutional right to confront witnesses against him by allowing the Commonwealth to introduce incriminating forensic test results at trial through the testimony of an expert…